GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| brawny | muscular |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |